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The Vancouver Police Department is keeping mum about a dramatic takedown in Burnaby Monday night involving flashbangs, police dogs and semi-automatic rifles.
At about 7:40 p.m., residents in the area of Halifax Street and Woodway Place say they heard two loud bangs and saw three or four unmarked police vehicles descend on the area.
The police vehicles zeroed in on an apartment building, pinning in a suspect vehicle parked in front, said one Woodway Place resident who spoke to the NOW.
Amir, who didn’t want his last named published, said he saw police lights, “at least five” officers with rifles and multiple police dogs.
“There was one suspect on the ground,” he said.
He said he heard from neighbours that there was a second suspect as well.
Vancouver police media relations officer Const. Tania Visintin said the takedown was related to an “ongoing investigation” VPD is involved in and she couldn’t provide any more information.
That didn’t sit well with Amir.
“Nothing ever happens in this neighbourhood as far as I can tell, and then we’re like, ‘OK, is there gang activity in this area?’ I think we have a right to know that.”
He said he has witnessed a lot of police activity in Brentwood but often can’t find information about the events in the news or from police.
“They clearly don’t think they need to tell anyone what’s going on,” he said. “I just feel like they have no respect at all.”
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